Oftentimes, low-income students get to college without a support network of friends or family members knowledgeable about college life. That leaves them with nowhere to turn when they struggle with the transition to college and navigating through the college system. Ready to Rise, led by Degrees of Change, will receive... Read more >
Because research shows that students who enroll in higher-level math their senior year do much better in college than other students, schools that receive College Spark funding to implement Intensified Algebra (IA) will be eligible to receive additional grants to increase equity in higher level math. These additional grant funds... Read more >
Grant funding fully covers the cost of School-Year Academic Youth Development and/or Intensified Algebra plus $10,000 for related program costs such as technology, program coordination, data collection, and travel costs associated with training. The Agile Mind curriculum in these classes bring Common Core State Standards aligned middle and high school... Read more >
Bridge to College Mathematics and Bridge to College English are senior year transition courses for students who scored below “college-ready” on the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Students who pass the course with a B grade or better will be considered college-ready by the majority of colleges in Washington and permitted to... Read more >
School Year Academic Youth Development (SY-AYD) and Intensified Algebra are programs developed by Agile Mind in collaboration with the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Researchers who have studied program outcomes have found significant probative changes in student and teacher attitudes and beliefs, as well as student achievement in mathematics.... Read more >
College Spark is investing $12 million over seven years in our College-Ready Math Initiative to help low-income students graduate from high school with strong math skills and avoid remediation in college. The Initiative includes a variety of evidence-based strategies and programs designed to help students develop the math skills they... Read more >